SPECIAL NOTICE
65 -- Intent to Sole Source Notice Cepheid In-Vitro Reagents for VISN 15
- Notice Date
- 2/28/2024 9:08:35 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 325413
— In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- 255-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 15 (36C255) LEAVENWORTH KS 66048 USA
- ZIP Code
- 66048
- Solicitation Number
- 36C25524Q0198
- Response Due
- 3/13/2024 6:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 04/12/2024
- Point of Contact
- Mickeya Linzie, Contracting Officer, Phone: (913) 946-1967
- E-Mail Address
-
mickeya.linzie@va.gov
(mickeya.linzie@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 15 intends to award a sole source firm-fixed price contract under the authority of 41 U.S.C 253(c) (1) FAR 6.302-1 Only One Responsible Source to Cepheid, 904, EAST CARIBBEAN DRIVE, SUNNYVALE, CA 94089 USA. Cepheid is currently the sole manufacturer of Xpert® reagents, and GeneXpert® systems are manufactured exclusively for Cepheid. Xpert® reagent test cartridges are designed and manufactured to only be used with Cepheid s instruments. Cepheid is currently the only authorized provider of service for GeneXpert® systems to customers within the United States. GeneXpert® systems are currently in use at all VISN 15 facilities. Cepheid will provide various in-vitro reagents to the VA facilities within VISN 15. The places of performance are as follows: VA Kansas City Health Care Kansas City VA Medical Center 4801 Linwood Boulevard Kansas City, MO 64128-2226 VA Eastern Kansas Health Care Colmery-O'Neil Veterans' Administration Medical Center 2200 Southwest Gage Boulevard Topeka, KS 66622-0001 VA Wichita Health Care Robert J. Dole Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center 5500 East Kellogg Drive Wichita, KS 67218-1607 VA Columbia Missouri Health Care Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital 800 Hospital Drive Columbia, MO 65201-5297 VA Marion Health Care Marion VA Medical Center 2401 West Main Street Marion, IL 62959-1165 VA Poplar Bluff Health Care John J. Pershing Veterans' Administration Medical Center 1500 North Westwood Boulevard Poplar Bluff, MO 63901-3318 VA St Louis Health Care John J. Cochran Veterans Hospital 915 North Grand Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63106-1621 The Government intends to award a one year firm-fixed price Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) with four, one year ordering periods. The NAICS code is 325413 (In Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing) with a size standard of 1,250 Employees. The corresponding Product Service Code is 6550 (In Vitro Diagnostic Substances, Reagents, Test Kits, and Sets). Interested firms may express their interest by providing a capabilities statement no later than March 13, 2024 at 8 A.M. Central Standard Time. The capabilities statement must provide clear and unambiguous evidence to substantiate the capability of the party to provide the required supply and/or services. Those interested firms must indicate whether they are large, small, small-disadvantaged, 8(a) or woman owned business and whether they are U.S. or foreign owned. Respondents who submit proprietary data shall clearly mark the data with appropriate markings. The Government will not pay for any information submitted as a result of this notice. This notice shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any supplies and/or services. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered. This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is being issued for information purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation or request for competitive proposals. A determination not to compete this proposed contract upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. There will be no solicitation available for competitive proposals as market research has determined these services are only available from a single source without an unacceptable delay or duplication of cost and no other type of services will satisfy agency requirements. If a firm believes it is capable of meeting the Government's requirement, it may identify their interest and capability to the Contracting Officer within fifteen (15) calendar days of this publication. The point of contact for this action is Contracting Officer Mickeya Linzie, who can be reached at mickeya.linzie@va.gov. Phone calls will not be accepted. The Network Contracting Office 15 address is: VA Heartland Network 15, Network Business Office, Contracting Office, 3450 South. 4th Street, Leavenworth, KS 66048.
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